- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Marshall Field III
Field Enterprises (Chicago Sun/Parade Publications)
1941 - 1956
Publishing & Print Media
| Military Service | Army |
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b. 1893
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| Born-Died | 1893 - 1956 |
| Birthplace | Illinois (IL) |
| Race | White |
In 1941, Field established the Chicago Sun, selling nearly 900,000 copies on the paper’s first day. Within five years, the Sun’s daily circulation was 400,000 with a Sunday circulation of 450,000. Field also published Parade, a weekly pictorial supplement, which in 1946 had a circulation of 3.5 million and is still today a core element of many Sunday newspapers.